TOPICAL PROVERBS

by Grant Hodges

Wisdom for the Children of the King

INJUSTICE

NIV
17:15 - Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent-- the Lord detests them both.
17:23 - A wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.
17:26 - It is not good to punish an innocent man, or to flog officials for their integrity.
18:5 - It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the innocent of justice.
20:23 - The Lord detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.

NASB
17:15 - He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
17:23 - A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
17:26 - It is also not good to fine the righteous, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
18:5 - To show partiality to the wicked is not good, nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment
20:23 - Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false scale is not good.

KJV
17:15 - He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
17:23 - A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
17:26 - Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
18:5 - It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
20:23 - Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.


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